Quote Originally Posted by Nero View Post
As far as i like your Thread, you should consider gathering information about moon-phase and directions as well. SE denied that the 12 has anything to do with it, but wanted to keep it a secret if moon-phases do.

Actually moon-phases and directions had an effect in FFXI, so why not in FFXIV? If not this, the moon-phases didnt need to be there at all.

All triple-melds tier IV i made, including the 5-meld tier I for the crown happend during new-moon btw. i tried it also on different phases, as on full-moon i never got a 4-meld tier I. As i mentioned in a different thread i cant prove it, SE did not deny it. So gathering info's about this, may could help to clarify this topic as well.
I'll add a category for that in my records, but it would take a data set of at least 2 thousand melds before I could say anything conclusively about it.

Honestly, this sounds to me like a "Self-fulfilling Prophecy." That is, you believe that a new moon will give you a better chance at double melding, so you decide to wait till the new moon to attempt the meld. And since you do more melding during a full moon than any other time, you get more melds during a full moon. This encourages that belief, and it just goes in a vicious cycle.